ZoneAlarm...send to sleep?

[squeakmail]

Thanks for the answers to my "System tray...grrr" thread - now a slight divergence.

ZoneAlarm has its little (boring!) icon sat in the system tray - constantly. Is there a configuration I can apply to make ZoneAlarm run only when the PC is connected to the internet (or am I missing something important?).

Just wanted to clear up some of that expensive RAM, that's all.

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Animals...it's their World too!!

[MAX REVERSE]

No.

You can shut down ZoneAlarm - right click the system tray icon, click on shutdown and OK the warning message. Start it up again via the Start Menu icon - it starts up windowed. Click on the X to send it to the system tray.

There is a setting to stop ZA starting automatically when Windoze starts - I'll get back to you with that later.

[This message has been edited by MAX REVERSE (edited 23 May 2000).]

[Ausatco]

Left click the tray icon, uncheck "Load ZoneAlarm at startup", left click the X (top right of the window). Restart. That should do it.

AA

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[MAX REVERSE]

Ta.

[squeakmail]

Thanks for all that....but which guru can come up with a hidden (behind the scenes - auto start) feature that would automatically open and start zonealarm when the machine was connecting to the internet and/or mailboxes?

Somebody knows how to do it. Computers only do what they are told (bit like my dog, really!!).

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Animals...it's their World too!!

[FL310]

If you use ICQ there is an easy way since it can start other applications on detecting a connection.

[Narada]

Try the program at

http://www.miclone.com.au/launchbar.htm

I haven't used it, but it seems to do what you are looking for. I am sure there are a few other programs like that out there as well.

[This message has been edited by Narada (edited 26 May 2000).]